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BANGALORE, INDIA \u2013 Roopa and Banaiah had endured more than a decade of hard labour and heartbreak at a brick kiln in southern India, but today they are building a much better future for their two young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about Roopa\u2019s journey<\/em><\/a> from 13 years of slavery to freedom in 2015, and check out this <\/em>update from her daughter Bhoomika\u2019s birth<\/em><\/a> in 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 7 years after they escaped bonded labour, Banaiah and Roopa are still living happily in their hometown in Ramnagara, in the state of Karnataka. Banaiah works at a local agricultural farm, where he earns a fair wage of 500 rupees per day (about $50 HKD). Roopa stays home with their two children\u2014Vijay and Bhoomika–and looks after the family\u2019s cow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on what they learned in IJM\u2019s two-year aftercare program, the couple has been able to avail several government benefit programs to help families like theirs. One program helped them build a cow shed, which enables Roopa to earn about 6,000 rupees each month (about $60 HKD). They were also able to build a new toilet under India\u2019s \u201cSwachh Bharat\u201d program to promote sanitation and public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IJM\u2019s aftercare team also helped the family weather the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns. Thanks to IJM\u2019s lessons on saving and financial planning, the couple had built up 30,000 rupees ($3000 HKD) to help them navigate the pandemic and stay safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, both of the kids are also attending school near their village, and Roopa and Banaiah have continued to be confident and responsible young parents, committed to building a strong, resilient, and successful family.<\/p>", "protected": false }, "featured_media": 16496, "template": "", "casework": [ 31 ], "news_type": [ 7 ], "region": [ 46 ], "class_list": [ "post-16494", "news", "type-news", "status-publish", "has-post-thumbnail", "hentry", "casework-forced-labor-slavery", "news_type-breaking-news", "region-south-asia" ], "acf": [], "yoast_head": "\nRoopa and Banaiah raising their family in freedom - IJM Hong Kong<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Roopa and Banaiah had endured more than a decade of hard labor and heartbreak at a brick kiln in southern India, but today they are building a much better future for their two young children.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ijmhk.org\/en\/news\/roopa-and-banaiah-raising-their-family-in-freedom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roopa and Banaiah raising their family in freedom - 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